CDAY vs. ALTR, SMAR, CCCS, PYCR, ZI, SWI, SVFCX, MTTR, ZUO, and ENFN
Should you be buying Ceridian HCM stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ceridian HCM include Altair Engineering (ALTR), Smartsheet (SMAR), CCC Intelligent Solutions (CCCS), Paycor HCM (PYCR), ZoomInfo Technologies (ZI), SolarWinds (SWI), Smead Value C (SVFCX), Matterport (MTTR), Zuora (ZUO), and Enfusion (ENFN).
Ceridian HCM vs. Its Competitors
Ceridian HCM (NYSE:CDAY) and Altair Engineering (NASDAQ:ALTR) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Ceridian HCM had 1 more articles in the media than Altair Engineering. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Ceridian HCM and 0 mentions for Altair Engineering. Ceridian HCM's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Altair Engineering'saverage media sentiment score.
63.4% of Altair Engineering shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of Ceridian HCM shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.8% of Altair Engineering shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ceridian HCM has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Altair Engineering has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Altair Engineering has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ceridian HCM. Altair Engineering is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ceridian HCM, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Altair Engineering has a net margin of 2.13% compared to Ceridian HCM's net margin of 0.28%. Altair Engineering's return on equity of 8.08% beat Ceridian HCM's return on equity.
Altair Engineering has a consensus price target of $100.83, suggesting a potential downside of 9.85%. Given Altair Engineering's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Altair Engineering is more favorable than Ceridian HCM.
Summary
Altair Engineering beats Ceridian HCM on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:CDAY) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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